U.S. Ranks No. 1 In Gun Ownership, But What About Firearm Deaths?

You know at least one anti that believes to the core that more guns equal more deaths. You might know a handful — or even more. Well, here’s another example of that statement being a flat-out lie.

The Telegraph, a news outlet based in the U.K., has published a map of the world with countries shaded based off how many guns are owned. Undoubtedly, the United States ranks No. 1, owning 112.6 guns per 100 people. Serbia is second and Yemen is third. The data, The Telegraph reports, is from the Small Arms Survey.

However, the U.S. topping the charts in most guns owned did not put America atop the list for firearm-related deaths. In fact, the USA isn’t even in the top 10.

Honduras took the top spot, having 67.18 per 100,000 residents per year killed by firearm, while Venezuela and Swaziland compiled the top-three spots.

As for the U.S., it ranks 11th in gun-related deaths. The Small Arms Survey reports there are 10.54 firearm-related deaths annually per 100,000.

Where’s the list of the 10 countries with the fewest gun-related deaths?

longday

Which would prove what exactly ???? Beside the fact people are killed by other people everyday and a gun is not used ??

macgrumpy

It would suggest that high gun ownership rates aren’t the cause of high death rates due to guns. In other words, it’s more reasonable to presume that a few bad people with guns kill more people than many more good people with guns do. The gun isn’t the problem, it’s the people that use them.